Re: [Phys-l] [chemed-l] Electron Transfer Demo

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

Try rubbing graphite from a soft pencil onto the match-head to see if 
enough conduction will heat it enough to ignite the match-head.
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At 8:31 AM -0700 4/13/12, John Denker wrote:
> 1a) It is possible to light a match with an ordinary spark coil,
>  but it takes more preparation than simply taping match to a
>  meter stick.  That's because the match-head compound is
>  electrically non-conducting, so the spark's path of least
>  resistance avoids the match, other things being equal.
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